Get the Facts - Africa
- Up to half of Africa's population now lives on less than $1 a day.
- Of the 49 least developed countries (LDCs), described as the poorest of the world's poor, 37 are African.
- Angola provided seven per cent of the US's oil in 2001 - yet one in three of its children die before the age of five.
- Average life expectancy in Mozambique is now under 40 years. The government spends just $2 per person on public health.
